Colleen Long, Journalist
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Colleen's articles have appeared in publications around the world.
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White House and Politics
Election Day is Nov. 8, but legal challenges already begin
Biden warns US democracy threatened, but how can he save it?
Biden grappling with ‘perfect storm’ of rising gun violence
In abortion rights debate, Biden doesn’t often use the word
Capitol police were overrun, little defense against rioters
How ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ became code for insulting Joe Biden
Immigration
Trump moves to effectively end asylum at the southern border
Quiet, confused and exhausted, 11 families who had been detained and separated deported to Guatemala
White House withdraws nomination for director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Requests to bring in child brides OK’d; legal under US laws
Analysis: 'Go back' captures core of Trump political agenda
Shake-up at Homeland Security goes beyond Nielsen’s exit
'And now we are alone’: Extended family separated at border
Homeland Security:
Feds, States unite on election security after '16
Cabinet of curiosities: 15,000 ink samples at Secret Service
Watchdog: FEMA wrongly released personal data of victims
TSA’s social media highlight weird stuff in travelers’ bags
Most attackers in mass shootings made threats before incident, report finds
Criminal Justice and Legal Affairs:
Working the NYC crime beat is a shifting mix of the professionally thrilling and personally agonizing
Babies Behind Bars: Should Moms do time with their newborns?
Mother testifies about the horror of finding her children slain by nanny
Cyberstalk victim says she feared tormentor would kill her
Doctor accused of sexual harassment kills 1 at NYC hospital
'Pharma Bro' gets 7 years in prison in securities fraud case
Terrorist or hero? Puerto Rico nationalist to be freed after more than 30 years in prison
‘Son of Sam’ killer was arrested 40 years ago this week
30th Arrest: Transit Impostor says he needs help, not jail
MS-13 Street Gang Grips Long Island Suburbs in Violence
Mystery of Etan Patz's disappearance ends in conviction
Officer's sentence in stairway killing leaves divide, dismay
P
erp walks such as Strauss-Kahn's are common in U.S. but rare overseas
Despondent over 2-year saga of fraud, son of Bernard Madoff hangs himself in NYC apartment
Policing:
Don't look down! NYPD unit does its work at dizzying heights
I signed up for this? Reporter scales Brooklyn Bridge
Police release 1st footage of fatal shooting caught on body camera
Two NYPD officers shot to death while sitting in their patrol car
Right people, right place, right time: Federal trial on NYPD stop-frisk policy proves window into dept.
Police stop-and-frisk practice growing in big cities
Eric Garner chokehold death: NYC Officer Daniel Pantaleo will not be indicted
The talk down before the take down: NYPD Arrest Retraining Discourages Verbal Abuse, Physical Violence
Other features:
"It's like a ghost town": Puerto Rico tourism craters in wake of Hurricane Maria
Tampon tax: Does being female in the US carry unfair costs?
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